Truthless Recluse

Truthless Recluse (Korean: 진리의 은둔자 퓨어바닐라 쿠키, jinliui undunja pyueobanilla kuki, "Recluse of Truth Pure Vanilla Cookie") is an NPC introduced in the Spire of Shadows update (v6.0) and then later released as a Costume for Head Icon Pure Vanilla Cookie in the Beacon of Truth mid-update (v6.1).

He is revealed to be the true identity of Fortune Teller Cookie, battling Head Icon GingerBrave and his group at the top of the Spire of Deceit and serving as the final Boss of World Exploration: Beast-Yeast's Spire of Shadows. He is in fact Pure Vanilla Cookie himself, under the guise of a fallen version of himself after suffering through Head Icon Shadow Milk Cookie's plot.

Appearance:

Truthless Recluse is a Cookie who has slightly messier and longer hair than his original form, Head Icon Pure Vanilla Cookie. His eyes are blue and yellow, both halfway covered by dark shadows under his upper lashes. There are also thin white lashes under his eyes. He has a light blue, four-pointed star on his forehead.

The top of his triangular hat is black with faint golden dots, and the bottom is reminiscent of a crown, but fades from black to navy blue and has a golden edge. He wears a long, spiky black cloak with a golden rim and golden lines with small dots along them, as well as a navy blue shawl with a gold key design in the middle and the same spiky golden edge as his hat. Beneath the cloak and shawl is a black dress with a spiky golden rim along the sleeves' edges. His staff, too, turned dark: it is completely black, save for a blue center and three glowing eyes.

Personality:

The recluse was once a hero.

Having seemingly broken down for good, Pure Vanilla Cookie took on a new identity, the Truthless Recluse, which became a complete antithesis of the optimistic, nurturing and wise Ancient hero. The Truthless Recluse was silent, dismissive and apathetic, rarely showing any emotion or displayed concern over anything. However, this shadow of Pure Vanilla Cookie still contained some vestiges of his original personality in him, such as his will to protect his friends and his own Soul Jam. Once it was clear Shadow Milk Cookie wanted the Soul Jam at any cost, as well as just torture him for his own amusement, the Truthless Recluse decided to willingly embrace Deceit in his own way. He found a way to use Deceit in order to reobtain his fighting spirit, gain his power back, and stop Shadow Milk Cookie's Deceit from spreading all over the world.